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On the 30th July 2012 what were the stories that dominated the football landscape? Including Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid and Sunderland.

With transfer rumours and gossip galore this morning revolving around the likes of Fabregas, Suarez, Bale Rooney and pretty much everyone who is anyone sometimes it is nice to take a break from it all.

So to do so I am casting back to this exact day, the 30th July 2013, but a year earlier.

What were the main transfer tales from that day? What big events were happening in Premier League football?

Here are some of the big scoops from the 30th July 2012…

Thank Juve-ry much!

This summer it is Higuain, Suarez and Bale - but last summer it was Arsenal captain Robin van Persie who dominated the headlines.

After admitting he wanted to leave the Gunners he was being linked with plenty of teams - with Manchester City, Juventus and Manchester United the front-runners for his coveted signature.

They wanted £15 million for the player - but they didn’t get it. In the end Wolves realised they had to sell and approaching the end of August they accepted a £12 million bid for the player who duly signed for The Mackems.

Also in the news that day …

- The Nuri Sahin mess got messier as AC Milan joined the reckoning. Although it looked as if Arsenal were on the verge of signing the Turkish international.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.